Out of This World

We collect high-res images and vast amounts of data through satellites, so we can admire and learn about the landforms in our backyards and across the globe.

With 40 years of data in our hands, we can apply that information to agriculture, geology, forestry, regional planning, education, and global change research.

Regional Application Center

At the UL Lafayette Regional Application Center, we are responsible for gathering and sharing satellite and remote sensing imagery. We share that data with the public, the military, governmental agencies, and other research centers.

Our research and data are vital pieces in emergency response, coastal restoration, transportation, industry and farming.

We offer workshops, certification, and academic courses, and even a traveling art exhibit that showcases the beauty of our planet.

Greenland Coast

Earth as Art Printed Gallery

Cubism-Landsat Style

Startling red patches sprout from an agricultural landscape that looks almost like a Cubist painting. The fields in this part of eastern Kazakhstan follow the contours of the land—long and narrow in mountain valleys, and large and rectangular over the plains.

Great Sandy Scars

In a small corner of the vast Great Sandy Desert in Western Australia, large sand dunes—the only sand in this desert of scrub and rock—appear as lines stretching from left to right. The light-colored fan shapes are scars from wildfires.

Meandering Mississippi

Small, blocky shapes of towns, fields, and pastures surround the graceful swirls and whorls of the Mississippi River. Countless oxbow lakes and cutoffs accompany the meandering river south of Memphis, Tennessee, on the border between Arkansas and Mississippi, USA. The "mighty Mississippi" is the largest river system in North America.